Computer Vision News - November 2019

3 Summary Hyo Jin Kim 3 know why this might be? Culturally, we can be very conservative over what we say and do. There is not too much diversity in this country. If you stand out, that attracts too much attention and so people try not to stand out and are discouraged to speak out loud sometimes. But Koreans in general are very kind and polite. If you approach them in a very friendly way, then out of courtesy they might do it! Thank you, I will try that! Do you think there is something that all 3,000 Koreans here will have in common? Koreans pay a lot of attention to details, when they do research. I attended Seoul National University for my Master’s degree and everyone in the lab had a very keen eye for detail. Finally, what do you miss the most when you’re in Redmond? The food! And family, of course. In Korea, everything can be delivered. Any type of food can be delivered to your home. It’s very convenient! to guide on where to focus on. That’s where the performance boost comes from. With Torsten’s advice, I was able to better understand my own paper and improve my thesis. I have found it difficult to find Korean researchers here at ICCV who are willing to be interviewed about their work. Same for Korean companies at the expo, about what they do. Do you “The neural network naturally picks up where to focus on, so why is this attention necessary? Why is it performing better?” "Koreans pay a lot of attention to details, when they do research."